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 tibetan coin books:

coin catalogue by Yin Zhen Min: 24,99

krung govi bod kyi dngul:
159,00

A Study of Tibetan Paper Money by Wolfgang Bertsch

The Currency of Tibet by Wolfgang Bertsch

Geld aus Tibet by Karl Gabrisch

For more books in Tibetan language see:


tibetbook.net

 

New!!!

a beautiful page by myself on Chinese Ration Coupons, so far mainly the minority areas like Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Guangxi (it is still under construction, but one can see already some of the enornous effort):

www.chinarationcoupons.com

and here the link to it's online store:

www.vendio.com/stores/
chinarationcoupons

or interested in little antiques from Tibet:

www.antiquetibet.de

I have a new project going on: it does not really fit with my coins ... but this is a birdwatching site for Tibet. I show pictures if the birds I can find here:

www.tibetbirds.com

 

 

Ganden Tamkas

Minted since the 1850s and used until 1959 when the Chinese abolished the Tibetan currency. The most "typical" Tibetan coin with the 8 luck symbols around a center with a lotos.

Typ A

Typ A

filled buds

Typ A

three dots instead of wave,

seems very rare!

Typ AII lotos with one stalk in smaller circle

Typ A

three stalks bending to the left

Typ A three lotus stalks bent to the right

Typ A

one stalk but in big circle

front: missprint

Typ B I  
BII  

BIII

hook left of rnam turns from the left

BIII

hook left of rnam turns from the right

BIIIa

hook is not left but right of rnam!

BIV  
BIV fishes turn anti clock wise
BIV a    
BIVb    
BIV the conch turns from upside down!!!
CI  
CII  
DI  
DII  
DIII  
DIV  
EI  
EII  
EIII  
EIIIa
EIV  
EV
EVI  
EVII  
FI  
FII  
FIIa    
FIII  
FIIIa    
FIIIb    
FIV
FV    
FVI  
FVII  
FVIII  
FVIIIa    
FIX  
FX  
FX  
FXa    
FXb    
FXc
FXd    
FXe    
FXI  
FXIa    
FXIb    
FXIc    
FXII  
FXIIa    
G

H

inner Lotos with big outer leaves

(not in Rhodes!)

H

inner Lotos with small outer leaves

(not in Rhodes!)

H

the ornament on the conch (S) is bent to the outside

 

H

errorcoin lrgya instead of rgyal

 

     
     

 

 

 

 

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